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- UNITED STATES JOI- 1N H. Onnnl, OF'PITTSBURG;PENNSYLVANIA ASH-sifFTER;

Specification forming part ot' i Letters Patent No. ISAQfdatd J une 27,l1865.

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Beinknown that r, JOHN HONEIL, of Entslburg, 'iu the county ot'Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a` neWand'ImprovedAsh-Sitter for Gratos; and I do hereby 'declare that the'following is afull, clear, and

exactdes'eri ption thereof, which will enable oth! ersskilled in the artto'A make and use the same,

I reference being had to theaecom panyi ri g' drawi ings, formingpartofthis specification, in1

Vwhich-- l Figure 1 is` a frontlxv'iew of my invention'. Fig.2 is a planOr top view of the same.` Y Similar letters of .reference indicate likeparts.

This invention relates to anew andiin proved ashsifter,'o0ustructed ofwire-cloth andin form ofa pan, sogthat it maybeV fittedI under the ifgr'ate of a fireplace and receive the ashes and Cinders from theforrnexf, the ashesbein'gial'-A n lo'wed to pass-through the sifter,while the'cin' .Y ders-are retained within-Or upon it.

The pan or sitter. may be constructed ot a' singlepiece of wireolothbent up atthe' en ds and-front, asshown at a a a, to formvslightlyflaring sides, vlike ari Ordinary pan, the rear of the'pannothaving any side. A

[Thissifter Vis made of a size corresponding to the dimensions of vthegrate'onash-pit under-` neath it, into `which the sifter is placed,andthe latter may be Of'square or other forni, cori'espending tOthelshape ot" the lash-pit.

This sifteris 'provided with wire feet b, and `with a wire handle, c, atits front'end,a11d the "ashes and ciuiiers which fall fromthe grate arereceived bythe pan or sifrer. `Byslightly tapf pingf the'sifter the.ashes willlpass through it,

butthe cinders will be retaineihand 4thepan or sil'ter may be readilyWithdrawn at any time froml 4underneath the grate and the cinders thrownupon the tire, the hand le,ineonsequene e of the'dcvioe being all madeofwire, not-get# ting so hot' hand.`

Thus,zby`this simple and inexpensive device,

much laboiiand annoyance aresayed in using cinders, for thelatter. aresifterl fromthe ashes as they drop lfrom the grata-ami th'eashesinjpassing through the sifter do not'cre'ate any dust, a slight 'tapping ofthe pan or sifter with 'a poker being s nieient to eieet the siftingoperation.`

.terslPatentfv i i As an-in1provedarticle of manufacture, the

ash-sifter construeted'with its'entiiresides' and bottom of wire-cloth,andl provided with feetb b'b and handle o, all as herein described, and

for the purposes rset forth'.

JOHN n. ONELL. Witnesses A. S. NICHOLSON, 'I. R. CAMERON.

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